That’s what Jackie Jaime thinks of Father James Kelly, who’s trying to evict 900 kids from two day-care centers owned by District Three Youth & Adult Center, where he serves as chairman and president.

“How could he be so heartless when it comes to the children!”

The eviction notice served at the two New Life Day Care Centers and Head Start programs last year landed in Brooklyn’s Bushwick section like a “bomb,” sending hundreds of working parents scrambling to find alternative sites for their children, ages 3 to 5.

Jaime, 32, whose handicapped daughter, Angela, 4, attends speech-therapy classes at New Life’s Melrose Street center, said she is trying to enroll her girl in other area Head Start programs.

“But they told me there is a waiting list of 200 at each of the schools,” said Jaime. “If we’re evicted, my daughter will miss out on a whole school year.”

Advocates and lawyers for the parents, who are fighting the eviction in Housing Court, charge that Father Kelly is retaliating against New Life’s new administration, who last year ousted the monsignor and his handpicked board members for mismanagement and fraud.

A June 29, 2000, audit by City Comptroller Alan Hevesi found that the old regime, which Kelly served as counsel, had 18 hidden bank accounts and that thousands of dollars were spent on questionable expenses. It included, for example, $12,081 for flowers and massages and $21,208 in mail-order purchases, which had nothing to do with running a day-care center, according to Hevesi’s report.

Hevesi’s office referred the matter to the city’s Department of Investigation because the programs are funded by city and state grants.

Father Kelly, the pastor at St. Brigid’s Catholic Church, denies the allegations, and says he wants to transfer 160 children from the Melrose Street Center to another location because he needs the space for an adolescent program.

When asked about the Grove Street Center, Kelly admitted he doesn’t like the way the current New Life board is operating.

“It’s crazy to suggest I’m throwing children in the street,” said Kelly, who founded the New Life program 30 years ago.

Meanwhile, parents are flooding Bishop Thomas Daily of Brooklyn with calls and letters pleading for help. Frank DeRosa, the bishop’s spokesman, said the bishop instructed Kelly and New Life leaders to resolve the matter through talks.

But Jaime doesn’t think it’s going to work because both sides are accusing the other of not talking to each other. Jaime, who has approached Kelly as a member of the parents’ committee, says the monsignor simply refused to ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^give in.

“That’s so wrong,” Jaime said. “These are children he’s evicting, not adults.”